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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1923

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Great Fire in Adelaide Duncan and Fraser's Motor Works Destroyed Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

A great fire began just before 6 o'clock this morning at Duncan and Fraser's motor works and garage in Franklin-street, which communicate…

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Mansion Set on Fire Guards' Beds Stolen (United Service Message.) London, February 20

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 1

Senator Sir John Keane's mansion at Cappoquin, County Waterford, was set on fire last night. Armed anti-Free Staters held up the…

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£140,000 Fire in Adelaide (Continued from page 1.) Duncan and Fraser's Loss Motor Works Destroyed Men Fall with Roof Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 4

The loss caused by the destruction of Duncan and Fraser's motor works in Franklin-street by fire this morning is estimated at about £100,OOO. The…

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IRELAND (Continued from Page 1.) Fires at Govt. Offices Extinguished by Brigade (Reuter's Message.) London, February 21

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 4

The fires at some of the Government offices in Dublin were extinguished by the fire brigade. Six members of the official staff are in hospital suffering…

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The Adelaide Fire Duncan and Fraser's Loss Covered by Insurance Latest Estimate of £120,000 Includes Farmers' Union Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 1

The latest estimates concerning the loss caused by the destruction by fire yesterday of the Duncan and Fraser motor garage and works in Franklin…

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Grass Fires Reported

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 1

The smoke haze that has been hovering around Broken Hill during the past few days was yesterday steted by a visitor, from Wentworth to be due to…

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Fires on the Hills' Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 1

Great fires, fortunately, not attended by much damage, have been, burning at Fifth Creek and Montaque, part of the Morialta reserve. An extensive fire at…

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Barrier Miner. Friday, February 23, 1933. the Adelaide Fire

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 2

THE great fire in Adelaide, which burned all day on Wednesday and destroyed property valued at over £120,000, will not, it is said, cause any…

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£30,000 Damage by Fire Big Blaze at Queanbeyan Fire Engine Out of Order Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 1

The biggest fire in the history of the Queanbeyan district took place early on Sunday morning. Five shops in Monaro-street were totally destroyed,…

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Fire Brigade Calls

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 1

At 5.45 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a stranger reported to theFire Brigade that some rubbish was burning at the rear of Hooker's blacksmith's…

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Fire in Adelaide Furniture Works Damaged Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 1

The fire brigade on Saturday night quickly extinguished a fire in a furniture factory in Rosina-street, Adelaide. The alarm was given at about a…

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Fitzroy Factory on Fire Incendiarism Suspected 100 Workers Thrown Idle Melbourne, Monday. 7

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 1

Early on Saturday morning a huge conflagration occurred at the premises of the Cork and Crown Seal Company Limited at the corner of Crown Parade…

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Fire Inquiry Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the recent disastrous fire which occurred at Duncan and Frasers' premises will be opened…

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Fatal Fire in Kansas City

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

A cable message from Kansas City States that 13 persons were burned to death in a boarding-house as the result of a fire which consumed the building…

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Fire Brigades Board Is Adversely Criticised Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. A. J. W. Lewis, an ex-member of the Fire Brigades Board, adversely criticised that body to-day. He said that the equipment of the brigades is…

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South Australia Loan to Purchase Equipment Needed by the Fire Brigade Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 1

The present equipment of the Adelaide Fire Brigade was scathingly criticised by the Adeaide City Council representative on the Fire Brigade…

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A Wellington Blaze

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 4

While a fire at Wellington (New South Wales) was consuming a large weatherboard house in Clive-street early on Sunday morning a youth saved…

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Fire at a Barracks

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 2

A fire broke out in the regimental quarters at Queenscliff on Wednesday night (reports the "Argus"). Practically every absent member of the force…

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DUNCAN & Fraser's Fire Inquest Opened Evidence of Caretakers Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 4

The disastrous fire which demolished Duncan and Fraser's motor works in Franklin-street last week and also burnt out the premise's of Duncan…

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Bush Fires in Victoria Loss of Life Reported

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 March 1923 · page 4

Reports from Mansfield state that a bush fire which broke out at Strath-bogie during last week end devastated the whole of the country in the parishes…

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